22023973708

Published by CompNet Systems on

Status: Stock

Women’s Business Fabric – White on Denim Blue (Tencel Linen) 50cm

This design by Mavis Nampitjinpa Marks shows the ‘Women’s Business Story’.

This fabric has been screen printed by hand by Publisher Textiles and Papers, ensuring the highest quality and longevity.

About the printers:

Publisher Textiles & Papers is one of Australia’s leading print houses. Focused on producing original patterns through traditional hand-screen printing methods we create bold and colourful textiles, hand printed wallpaper, clothing and fabric.

Our fabric is printed in small batches and is available in pre-cut lengths on the website, which we update regularly. For larger quantities, please email us to discuss pre-orders.

Fabric details:

This fabric is by continuous metreage going up in 50cm increments, priced at $110 per metre.

For 1m, please add 2 x 50cm to your cart and it will be cut as a continuous length ($110 for 1m).

For 2m, please add 4 x 50cm to your cart and it will be cut as a continuous length ($220 for 2m).

For 3m, please add 6 x 50cm to your cart and it will be cut as a continuous length ($330 for 3m).

Fabric care instructions: Gentle cold/ warm hand wash. Do not bleach, warm rinse well, do not tumble dry, cool iron only, Drycleanable (P).

Categories: Ikuntji Artists

Name: Mavis Marks

Language: Luritja, Pintubi

Community: Watiyawanu

Biography:

Mavis was born in 1945 at New Haven. She is the sister of Ronnie Tjampitjinpa and Smithy Zimran Tjampitjinpa. Her sisters Yuyuya Nampitjinpa and Gina Nampitjinpa are from the same birth mother and father (Tjangala). She enjoys traveling to Walungurru (Kintore) to visit with her sister Yuyuwa. Gina lives in Alice Springs and Mavis is able to see her regularly. She moved to Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff) as a teenager with her mother. When she married, she moved to Watiyawanu (Mt Liebig) with her husband and began to paint at the art centre there. Mavis returned to Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff) at the death of her husband, later moving to Papunya. She has raised five children as her own, and her daughter, Sylvana Marks, is also an artist. 

Mavis likes to paint the ceremonial dancing of ladies at Watiyawanu (Mt Liebig) and represents their body painting designs. She also paints the story given to her by her grandfather of Kalipinpa, the Water Dreaming, which comes from her mother’s side. It shows the big rains travelling from West to East across the Western Desert.

She participated in design workshops in 2017 and 2018. Her designs: Women’s Business and Kalinpinpa have been part of collections with Magpie Goose and Publisher Textiles as well as being worn by various celebrities.

Related Posts

Ikuntji Artists

22024004918

Status: Stock Eunice Napanangka Jack, Kuruyultu (green blend on natural, tencel linen), flared skirt. This design by Eunice Napanangka Jack depicts her father’s Tjukurrpa (Dreaming). It shows the country at Kuruyultu, near Tjukurrla in Western Australia. Read more…

Ikuntji Artists

22024004908

Status: Stock Alice Nampitjinpa Dixon, Trees at Talaalpi (Silver and Gold on Black, Silk), Bishop Sleeves Top This design by Alice Nampitjinpa Dixon depicts the trees in Alice’s country, Talaalpi. Her country is situated close Read more…

Ikuntji Artists

22024004594

Status: Stock Bishop Sleeve Top – Rockholes

© the artist / art centre